The latest issue of the Softwood Forest Products Buyer features a look at the 2023 Builders' Show and a preview of the Forest Products Expo 2023. The issue also features stories on Gates Milling, Continental Underwriters, and the NAWLA Regional Meeting, plus the Lumber Shippers Survey.
The Softwood Forest Products Buyer - March/April 2023
TheForestProducts www.softwoodbuyer.com Vol. 38 No. 2 TheSoftwood Industry’s Only Newspaper...Now Reaching 36,187 firms (20,000 per issue) March/April20232023 Builders’ Show Draws Largest Attendance In More Than 10 Years Photos By Terry Miller A Preview Of ForestProducts EXPO 2023 Chris Armanini and Pino Pucci, Tolko Marketing & Sales Ltd., Vernon, BC; and Ken Hori, BC Wood Specialties Group, Vancouver, BC The Southern ForestProducts Association team includes: Rachel Elton, accountant; Linda Patch, administrative assistant and program coordinator; Eric Gee, executive director; Alaina Hanson, director of administration; and Christian Moises, communications manager. Kevin Cheung, Western Wood Products Association, Portland, OR; Jay Poppe, Western Red Cedar Lumber Association, Vancouver, BC; Jeff Easterling, Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (NELMA), Cumberland, ME; Butch Bernhardt, Western Wood Preservers Institute, Vancouver, WA; and Eric Gee, Southern ForestProducts Association, Metairie, LA Additional photos on page 10 Las Vegas, NV–Nearly 70,000 home building professionals from around the globe filled the exhibit halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center recently as the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) hosted the NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS), the largest annual light construction show in the world. Continued on page 24 Do you want to be at the center of the forest products community? Are you ready to see how adaptive technology is influencing manufacturing decisions? Is your company part of the new manufacturing age at this critical moment for the industry? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, don’t second-guess attending the 37th ForestProducts Machinery & Equipment Exposition. It’s the place to network with leading equipment manufacturing companies and industry professionals as they develop and share technologies, which adapt to new markets, adjust quickly to increased demand, and bolster operations for the future. EXPO 2023, set for August 23-25, 2023, in Nashville will provide you with solutions for nearly every stage of manufacturing. From raw material handling to crane operations; metal detection and scanning technologies; log optimization, drying, grading, sorting, packaging and distribution, there’s an exhibiting company representative on site to explore these solutions with you face to face. Make no mistake, this new era of work has arrived. An era of connected systems, responsive manufacturing and innovative technologies – it will all be under a single roof at EXPO 2023. Continued on page 24 TheSoftwoodForestProductsBuyer P.O. Box 34908 Memphis, TN 38184-0908 Change Service Requested PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID JEFFERSON CITY, MO PERMIT NO. 303
